Ghanaian authorities have closed the popular tourist destination of Kintampo Falls after 20 people died in a tree fall tragedy, officials said Monday. A group of high school and university students were swimming on Sunday afternoon at the picturesque waterfalls in the Brong-Ahafo region, some 450 kilometres (281 miles) by road from the capital Accra, when a massive tree crashed into the water, crushing some to death and injuries scores of others. "The National Disaster Management Organisation and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture have in consultation with the Brong Ahafo Regional Security Council ordered the indefinite closure of the Kintampo waterfalls," tourism minister spokesman Frank Siaw-Otu said in a statement.
Peruvians struggled on Sunday to cope with avalanches, mudslides and extensive flash flooding caused by torrential downpours, and forecasters predicted still more rain ahead, prolonging the country’s woes. The highly unusual rains follow a series of storms that have struck hard along Peru’s northern coast, with voracious waters inundating hospitals and leaving some small villages isolated. Peru’s government said that 374 people were killed in 1998 during a similar period of massive rains and flooding caused by rains blamed on the El Niño climate pattern.
Ghanaian authorities have closed the popular tourist destination of Kintampo Falls after 20 people died in a tree fall tragedy, officials said Monday. A group of high school and university students were swimming on Sunday afternoon at the picturesque waterfalls in the Brong-Ahafo region, some 450 kilometres (281 miles) by road from the capital Accra, when a massive tree crashed into the water, crushing some to death and injuries scores of others. "The National Disaster Management Organisation and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture have in consultation with the Brong Ahafo Regional Security Council ordered the indefinite closure of the Kintampo waterfalls," tourism minister spokesman Frank Siaw-Otu said in a statement.
In a move that isn't entirely unexpected but is still somewhat shocking considering that the company is typically a creature of habit, Apple on Tuesday morning added new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models to its smartphone lineup.
The Apple store was taken offline early on Tuesday morning, as we all expected. Apple warned on its system status website that the store would be taken offline beginning around midnight EDT on Tuesday morning, though the reason for the outage was unclear. Rumors suggested that several new iPad models might be announced on Tuesday morning, and that indeed turned out to be the case. Apple's new 9.7-inch iPad wasn't the only new product unveiled on Tuesday morning, however.
Alongside a refreshed entry-level 9.7-inch iPad model, Apple on Tuesday announced a brand new version of its iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. This marks the first time in many years that Apple has updated a flagship iPhone mid-cycle — the last time was all the way back in 2011, when Apple released a new white version of its iPhone 4 in April after having initially released the black model in 2010.
Today, Apple once again focused its mid-cycle iPhone refresh on adding a new color to its flagship iPhone lineup, but this time around it's an entirely new color that has never before been seen on an iPhone: Red.
Apple's new Product Red iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models are identical to the new iPhones Apple released in September 2016 in every way except for the color, which is a glossy red. This is now the third brand new color Apple has introduced during this iPhone cycle; Space Gray was eliminated from Apple's flagship iPhone lineup last year, paving the way for new matte black and "Jet Black" color options.
Apple's new red iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are available to order from Apple's online store and they start shipping on Friday, March 24th, and they're priced in line with the rest of Apple's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus lineup.
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